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Jul 14 2020

Montreal International Reggae Festival

As musicians' lives change, so too does a band's line-up. Martha Kelly stepped in to replace Eric Landry, who began playing full time with Halifax's hardest working band, The Mellotones. Martha earned a degree in classical performance and maintains my…

Jul 13 2020

Halifax, Nova Scotia

Although I was able to spend several weeks with her while she underwent diagnostic tests in Halifax, my beloved mother Barbara succumbed to cancer on May 6, 2000. I had given up my job and my apartment in Toronto to…

Jul 12 2020

Sad News

Andru Branch & Halfway Tree, 1999. Clockwise, from left to right: Chris Davey (rhythm guitar and backing vocals), Lindell "LA" Allen (bass), David Wand (trumpet), Kevin Cook (trombone), Tomaz "Moose" Jardim (lead guitar), Mike Goodridge (drums), Andru Branch (vocals…

Jul 11 2020

Live at Lee's Palace, 1998

Andru Branch & Halfway Tree live at Lee's Palace, 1998. From left to right are Tomaz "Moose" Jardim (lead guitar), Mike Goodridge (drums), Lindell "LA" Allen (bass), Andru Branch (vocals, keyboards, percussion), KI (rhythm guitar). Missing from the photo is…

Jul 9 2020

The Beaches in Toronto, 1998

Andru Branch & Halfway Tree, 1998. Following a temporary stint with the affable "Floppy" on bass, pictured here, clockwise from left to right, are Tomaz "Moose" Jardim (lead guitar), Lindell "LA" Allen (bass), David Wand (trumpet), Kevin Cook (trombone)…

Jul 9 2020

Promo shot, 1997

Andru Branch & Halfway Tree, 1997. Clockwise, from left to right: Andru Branch (vocals, keyboards, percussion), Tomaz "Moose" Jardim (rhythm guitar), David Wand (trumpet), Mike Goodridge (drums), Art Gold (trombone), Ras Kawintseb Sellasssie (lead guitar and backing vocals). Missing…

Jul 8 2020

Live at the Bamboo Club, Toronto

Andru Branch & Halfway Tree in action, live at Toronto's legendary Bamboo Club, circa 1997. Pictured here is Art Gold on trombone, Andru Branch on keyboards and vocals, Mike Goodridge on drums, Ras Kawintseb Sellassie on lead guitar and…

Jul 7 2020

COCA Conference in 1997

Andru Branch & Halfway Tree preparing to go on stage at the 1997 Canadian Organization of Campus Activities conference at Western University in London. Clockwise, from left to right are Mike Goodridge (drums), David Slater (saxophone), Andru Branch (vocals, keyboards…

Jul 5 2020

No ganja in the studio!

The last in a series of photos from Kingston Muzik, where I recorded my first studio album What If I Told You, I am pictured here with the lovely and talented studio engineer Otto-Lee Wilson in 1998. Back…

Jul 5 2020

Recording with Ras Kawintseb

Pictured here in 1996, I was honoured to have the support of my friend and collaborator Ras Kawintseb Sellassie, who accompanied me from Toronto to record my first album What If I Told You at Kingston Muzik Studio in…

Jul 4 2020

Recording with Seeco Patterson

I honed my skills alongside the late, great drummer Raffa Dean, who initiated me on percussion at Toronto's famous Bamboo Club throughout the 90s. Raffa played drums on the demo tape that landed me my first record deal with Kingston…

Jul 3 2020

Recording with Family Man

Flanked by my bandmates from Toronto, Ras Kawintseb and Tomaz "Moose" Jardim, I arrived at Kingston Musik in Jamaica, and was greeted by the owner and CEO, Peter Blake. The next morning he introduced me to an irie dread named…

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